The Bureau of Meterology’s Annual Climate Statement, released today, confirms that 2017 was Australia’s third-warmest year on record, and our maximum temperature was the second-warmest. Globally, 2017 is likely to be one of the world’s three warmest years on […]

At a time when the effects of climate change are accelerating and published science overwhelmingly supports the view that humans are responsible for the rate of change, powerful groups remain in denial across politics, the media, and industry. Now more […]

In the last few years, the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the EGU has organised a very successful short course during EGU, titled “How to write (and publish) a scientific paper in hydrology”. Each presentation has great tips […]

In recent years, scientists have successfully identified the human fingerprint on hot years, heatwaves, and a range of other temperature extremes around the world. But as everyone knows, climate change affects more than just temperature. The “signal” of human-induced climate […]

Infrastructure Australia says governments should privatize state-owned metropolitan water utility businesses. Australians can expect to pay double for their water supply within 20 years unless there are big reforms, a report from Infrastructure Australia says. It says a lack […]

The leadership has not taken a strong enough role in ensuring compliance, the report says. An independent panel has delivered a scathing assessment of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s leadership in managing the plan for Australia’s inland river system, warning the […]

Drought in the Murray River doesn’t just affect the river itself – it also affects the ecosystems that live in the ocean beyond. In a study published in Marine and Freshwater Research today, we found that the very low […]

TERN is making some changes to its land observatory. We are re-shaping our structure to place more importance on the way in which data derived from the local, regional and continental scale facilities is integrated and made more […]

Tomorrow’s risk is being built today. We must therefore move away from risk assessments that show risk at a single point in the present and move instead towards risk assessments that can guide decision makers towards a resilient […]

Dear Australian EO Community, We’re very happy to announce that from today, Wednesday 8 November 2017, AEOCCG will transition to “Earth Observation Australia” to formally implement the Australian Earth Observation Community Coordination Plan. All of the materials previously on […]

ECMWF has launched a new seasonal prediction system (SEAS5) which brings better forecasts, especially for El Niño/La Niña events. Forecasts are also more detailed thanks to much greater horizontal resolution. An immediate application is the production of new GloFAS long-range […]

Electronic circuits reveal when a plant begins to experience drought conditions Forgot to water that plant on your desk again? It may soon be able to send out an SOS. MIT engineers have created sensors that can be […]

Remember the movie “Moneyball”? The Oakland A’s are struggling, financially and on the baseball field. Then they introduce an innovative system for figuring out which players will improve team performance. Moving away from observations by scouts, the A’s begin […]

The year isn’t over yet, but we can already be sure that 2017 will be among the hottest years on record for the globe. While the global average surface temperature won’t match what we saw in 2016, it is […]

A National Environmental Observation and Prediction System for the year 2030 The 4th national OzEWEX workshop explored what a future comprehensive National Environmental Prediction system should look like and what observations it will need. The workshop was held […]

A new study has found that trajectory analysis improves the consistency of land cover mapping time series, and thereby achieves better consistency in water balance estimates. The research was conducted by a team of scientists from Australia and Belgium, using […]

Rainfall predictions are extremely important to estimating flood risk. This month, news headlines have repeatedly reported floods and wild weather. June has seen the east coast of mainland Australia and Tasmania hit by storms causing significant flood damage. At the time of writing, flood warnings are […]

A $13 billion plan to rescue Australia’s most important rivers is being “actively destroyed” by the NSW and Victorian governments, which refuse to ensure water flows high enough to keep floodplains and forests alive, leading scientists say. The […]

The Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Atlas (GDE Atlas) now includes new regional-scale mapping for parts of New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria. The web application also has a fresh look with new functionality including powerful searches and new […]

Of the water that makes it into our rivers, how much goes to the landscape, how much goes to the atmosphere, how much is extracted for consumptive use and how much flows out to sea? The Australian Water […]